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Usability & User Experience (UX) BlogMon, 05 Dec 2016 22:55:34 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.16 Principles Of Visual Accessibility Designhttp://usabilitygeek.com/6-principles-visual-accessibility-design/
http://usabilitygeek.com/6-principles-visual-accessibility-design/#respondMon, 05 Dec 2016 22:53:20 +0000http://usabilitygeek.com/?p=9271The internet is a huge part of our everyday lives. As we design experiences, we ought to remember that the internet is a part of everybody‘s lives, including those who are visually impaired or blind. According to the World Health Organization, 285 million people in the world are visually impaired. These 285 million people still […]

]]>http://usabilitygeek.com/6-principles-visual-accessibility-design/feed/0Corporate Vs. Design Agency: Perks And Pitfalls For UX Designershttp://usabilitygeek.com/corporate-vs-design-agency-perks-and-pitfalls-for-ux-designers/
http://usabilitygeek.com/corporate-vs-design-agency-perks-and-pitfalls-for-ux-designers/#respondTue, 29 Nov 2016 00:02:37 +0000http://usabilitygeek.com/?p=9265The more companies understand the power of a great user experience design and its impact on customer loyalty, the more they are willing to have it embedded in their culture. With so much emphasis on the user today, there are plenty of career opportunities for UX professionals. An extremely diverse cohort of companies and teams […]

]]>http://usabilitygeek.com/corporate-vs-design-agency-perks-and-pitfalls-for-ux-designers/feed/0Brace Yourself: Holiday Shoppers Are Cominghttp://usabilitygeek.com/holiday-shoppers-coming/
http://usabilitygeek.com/holiday-shoppers-coming/#respondTue, 22 Nov 2016 00:50:02 +0000http://usabilitygeek.com/?p=9257According to BlackFridayDC, there have been exactly 98 injuries and 7 deaths related to the holiday shopping celebration known as Black Friday. Traditionally regarded as the biggest “Consumer Holiday”, Black Friday is soon followed by Cyber Monday which is observed internationally and is traditionally the Monday after Thanksgiving weekend. This year, it falls on November […]

]]>http://usabilitygeek.com/how-understanding-ux-benefits-digital-businesses/feed/0UX For Social Goodhttp://usabilitygeek.com/ux-for-social-good/
http://usabilitygeek.com/ux-for-social-good/#respondMon, 07 Nov 2016 22:27:14 +0000http://usabilitygeek.com/?p=9228Some careers are entirely focused on helping people. Think about teachers, police, nurses, doctors, firefighters, social workers and the like. Others are not directly aimed at helping people but indirectly do so nonetheless. User experience design falls into this category. Learning and practicing good user experience requires a degree of empathy with your users and […]

]]>http://usabilitygeek.com/ux-for-social-good/feed/0How To Internationalize Your Typographyhttp://usabilitygeek.com/how-to-internationalize-your-typography/
http://usabilitygeek.com/how-to-internationalize-your-typography/#respondWed, 02 Nov 2016 21:19:19 +0000http://usabilitygeek.com/?p=9215Have you ever had to port an existing website or application to a new locale / language? Internationalization, which describes that very same process, can be quite tricky, especially if you are moving into a market that looks nothing like what you are used to working with. The international typography design landscape is by no […]

]]>http://usabilitygeek.com/how-to-internationalize-your-typography/feed/0The Travel Sector Needs To Buck Its Ideas Up When It Comes To UXhttp://usabilitygeek.com/travel-sector-needs-to-buck-ideas-up-for-ux/
http://usabilitygeek.com/travel-sector-needs-to-buck-ideas-up-for-ux/#respondMon, 24 Oct 2016 22:08:03 +0000http://usabilitygeek.com/?p=9205We have recently seen a shift in the way that a lot of businesses approach the design of their digital products and online services. They are increasingly moving away from the conversion rate optimisation (CRO) strategy of hurrying a user through their website straight to the checkout. Instead, UX is now at the forefront of […]

]]>http://usabilitygeek.com/travel-sector-needs-to-buck-ideas-up-for-ux/feed/0Designing For B2B Vs. B2C Websiteshttp://usabilitygeek.com/designing-b2b-vs-b2c-websites/
http://usabilitygeek.com/designing-b2b-vs-b2c-websites/#commentsWed, 19 Oct 2016 23:08:39 +0000http://usabilitygeek.com/?p=9190When designing an ecommerce website, it is important to note who the buyer is. Are you selling to a business, or a consumer? Both Business-to-Business (B2B) and Business-to-Consumer (B2C) websites need to be clear and concise, need an aesthetically pleasing design, and must offer details about the product or service. However, the needs of a […]

]]>http://usabilitygeek.com/designing-b2b-vs-b2c-websites/feed/2User Onboarding: A Comprehensive Guidehttp://usabilitygeek.com/user-onboarding-comprehensive-guide/
http://usabilitygeek.com/user-onboarding-comprehensive-guide/#commentsMon, 17 Oct 2016 22:06:24 +0000http://usabilitygeek.com/?p=9158Once a user realizes the impact that a particular product has on his or her life, the odds of them continuing to use that product increases immensely. Unless the user truly “gets it”, they will most likely abandon you and look for a better solution. That moment of wonder, when they realize they must continue […]

]]>http://usabilitygeek.com/user-onboarding-comprehensive-guide/feed/1Hyperlink Usability: Guidelines For Usable Linkshttp://usabilitygeek.com/hyperlink-usability-guidelines-usable-links/
http://usabilitygeek.com/hyperlink-usability-guidelines-usable-links/#commentsMon, 10 Oct 2016 21:42:38 +0000http://usabilitygeek.com/?p=9144Hyperlinks. Interacting with them is perhaps the most frequent action done by users every time they go online. A 2010 Nielsen report estimated that the average user visits 2,646 different web pages per day, each of which may have up to 100 hyperlinks on them. That is 88 webpages a day, and almost 900 links […]